Infant killed by car that veers onto LA sidewalk

The Associated Press

Police say an infant was killed and his mother was injured when they were struck by a car that veered onto a sidewalk after a collision in downtown Los Angeles.

Los Angeles police Officer Rosario Herrera says two vehicles collided at 4th and Spring streets at about 9:15 p.m. Thursday. The collision sent one of the vehicles over the curb and onto the sidewalk, striking the mother and her child.

Herrera says the infant, age six to eight months, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A fire spokesman says the mother was taken to a hospital in fair condition.